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h-index: 17
Works: 47
Citations: 1,276

Most-cited papers

Management of opioid use disorders: a national clinical practice guideline
J. Bruneau, K. Ahamad, Marie-Éve Goyer, G. Poulin +4 more
2018Canadian Medical Association Journal392 citations Open access
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Strategies to Identify Patient Risks of Prescription Opioid Addiction When Initiating Opioids for Pain
J. Klimas, L. Gorfinkel, N. Fairbairn, L. Amato +4 more
2019JAMA Network Open150 citations Open access
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Will this adult patient develop severe alcohol withdrawal? The Rational Clinical Examination Systematic Review
E. Wood, L. Albarqouni, Stacey Tkachuk, C. J. Green +4 more
2018Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA)111 citations Open access
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Feasibility and Safety of Extended-Release Naltrexone Treatment of Opioid and Alcohol Use Disorder in HIV Clinics: A Pilot/Feasibility Randomized Trial
P. Korthuis, Paula J. Lum, Pamela Vergara-Rodriguez, K. Ahamad +9 more
2017Addiction57 citations Open access
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Flexible Buprenorphine/Naloxone Model of Care for Reducing Opioid Use in Individuals With Prescription-Type Opioid Use Disorder: An Open-Label, Pragmatic, Noninferiority Randomized Controlled Trial.
Didier Jutras-Aswad, B. Le Foll, K. Ahamad, Ronald Lim +11 more
2022American Journal of Psychiatry56 citations
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DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN METHADONE DOSE AND ADHERENCE TO ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY AMONG HIV-POSITIVE PERSONS WHO USE ILLICIT OPIOIDS
L. Lappalainen, S. Nolan, S. Dobrer, Cathy Puscas +6 more
2015Addiction52 citations Open access
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Low Threshold Methadone Protects against HIV Incidence in a Canadian Setting: An Observational Cohort Study
K. Ahamad, K. Hayashi, P. Nguyen, S. Dobrer +4 more
2015The Lancet HIV44 citations Open access
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The OPTIMA study, buprenorphine/naloxone and methadone models of care for the treatment of prescription opioid use disorder: Study design and rationale.
M. Socías, K. Ahamad, B. Le Foll, Ronald Lim +5 more
2018Contemporary Clinical Trials34 citations Open access
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Gender Influences on Initiation of Injecting Drug Use
K. Ahamad, K. Debeck, C. Feng, Todd Sakakibara +2 more
2014The American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse30 citations Open access
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Impact of a Brief Addiction Medicine Training Experience on Knowledge Self-assessment among Medical Learners
J. Klimas, K. Ahamad, Chris Fairgrieve, M. Mclean +3 more
2017Substance Abuse28 citations Open access
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Factors associated with willingness to take extended release naltrexone among injection drug users
K. Ahamad, M. Milloy, P. Nguyen, Sasha Uhlmann +4 more
2015Addiction Science & Clinical Practice28 citations Open access
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BUILDING A HOSPITAL-BASED ADDICTION MEDICINE CONSULTATION SERVICE IN VANCOUVER, CANADA: THE PATH TAKEN AND LESSONS LEARNED
V. Braithwaite, L. Ti, N. Fairbairn, K. Ahamad +4 more
2020Addiction25 citations Open access
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Factors associated with willingness to wear an electronic overdose detection device
K. Ahamad, Hui-Ru Dong, Cheyenne Johnson, Kanna Hyashi +3 more
2019Addiction Science & Clinical Practice24 citations Open access
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An urgent call to increase access to evidence-based opioid agonist therapy for prescription opioid use disorders
M. Socías, K. Ahamad
2016Canadian Medical Association Journal24 citations Open access
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In-hospital training in addiction medicine: A mixed methods study of health care provider benefits and differences
L. Gorfinkel, J. Klimas, B. Reel, Hui-Ru Dong +9 more
2019Substance Abuse23 citations Open access
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The Impact of Benzodiazepine Use on Mortality among Polysubstance Users in Vancouver, Canada
Geoffrey Walton, K. Hayashi, P. Bach, Hui-Ru Dong +5 more
2016Public health reports (1974)23 citations Open access
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Impact of binge alcohol on mortality among people who inject drugs
Cheyenne Johnson, Hui-Ru Dong, K. Ahamad, K. Hayashi +3 more
2015Addictive Behaviors Reports18 citations Open access
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Two birds with one stone: experiences of combining clinical and research training in addiction medicine
J. Klimas, R. McNeil, K. Ahamad, A. Mead +4 more
2017BMC Medical Education17 citations Open access
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Associations of methadone and buprenorphine-naloxone doses with unregulated opioid use, treatment retention, and adverse events in prescription-type opioid use disorders: Exploratory analyses of the OPTIMA study.
Hamzah Bakouni, C. McAnulty, Ovidiu Tatar, M. Socías +4 more
2023American Journal on Addictions15 citations Open access
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Barriers and facilitators to implementing addiction medicine fellowships: a qualitative study with fellows, medical students, residents and preceptors
J. Klimas, W. Small, K. Ahamad, W. Cullen +4 more
2017Addiction Science & Clinical Practice15 citations Open access
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A Needs Assessment of the Number of Comprehensive Addiction Care Physicians Required in a Canadian Setting
J. McEachern, K. Ahamad, S. Nolan, A. Mead +2 more
2016Journal of addiction medicine15 citations Open access
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Increasing diversion of methadone in Vancouver, Canada, 2005–2015
H. Reddon, Joel Ho, K. Debeck, M. Milloy +6 more
2017Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment12 citations Open access
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Successful management of gamma-hydroxybutyrate (GHB) withdrawal using baclofen as a standalone therapy: A Case Report
S. Habibian, K. Ahamad, M. Mclean, M. Socías
2019Journal of addiction medicine10 citations Open access
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Safety of a Modified Community Trailer to Manage Patients with Presumed Fentanyl Overdose
F. Scheuermeyer, E. Grafstein, J. Buxton, K. Ahamad +6 more
2018Journal of urban health10 citations Open access
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Factors Associated with Willingness To Participate in a Pharmacologic Addiction Treatment Clinical Trial Among Illicit Drug Users
Sasha Uhlmann, M. Milloy, K. Ahamad, P. Nguyen +3 more
2015American Journal on Addictions9 citations Open access
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Temporal changes in non-fatal opioid overdose patterns among people who use drugs in a Canadian setting
Chris Fairgrieve, E. Nosova, M. Milloy, N. Fairbairn +5 more
2020Substance Abuse8 citations Open access
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Barriers and facilitators to buprenorphine use for opioid agonist treatment: protocol for a scoping review
P. Leece, Triti Khorasheh, K. Corace, C. Strike +9 more
2019BMJ Open8 citations Open access
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INITIATING HCV TREATMENT WITH DIRECT ACTING AGENTS IN OPIOID AGONIST TREATMENT: WHEN TO START FOR PEOPLE CO-INFECTED WITH HIV?
D. Panagiotoglou, E. Krebs, J. Min, M. Olding +4 more
2017The International journal on drug policy7 citations Open access
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SUSTAINED RELEASE ORAL MORPHINE AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO METHADONE FOR THE TREATMENT OF OPIOID-USE DISORDER POST TORSADES DE POINTES CARDIAC ARREST
Geoffrey Walton, S. Nolan, Christy Sutherland, K. Ahamad
2015BMJ Case Reports6 citations Open access
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The 'Expanded HIV care in opioid substitution treatment' (EHOST) cluster-randomized, stepped-wedge trial: A study protocol.
B. Nosyk, E. Krebs, J. Min, K. Ahamad +9 more
2015Contemporary Clinical Trials5 citations
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PATIENT OPINION AND ACCEPTANCE OF EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT BUPRENORPHINE/NALOXONE TO-GO HOME INITIATION PACKS
Kevin Duncan, F. Scheuermeyer, Daniel Lane, K. Ahamad +12 more
2023Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine4 citations
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A DELAYED INJECTION-SITE REACTION IN A PATIENT RECEIVING EXTENDED-RELEASE NALTREXONE
K. Ahamad, P. Korthuis, Paula J. Lum, Cheyenne Johnson +1 more
2016Substance Abuse4 citations Open access
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TREATMENT OF OPIOID USE DISORDER IN AN INNOVATIVE COMMUNITY-BASED SETTING AFTER MULTIPLE TREATMENT ATTEMPTS IN A WOMAN WITH UNTREATED HIV
P. Voon, R. Joe, Chris Fairgrieve, K. Ahamad
2016BMJ Case Reports3 citations Open access
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Anticraving medication for moderate to severe alcohol use disorder
Jon Mong, K. Ahamad, P. Bach
2021Canadian Medical Association Journal2 citations Open access
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SUCCESSFUL TREATMENT WITH SLOW-RELEASE ORAL MORPHINE FOLLOWING A FENTANYL-RELATED OVERDOSE: A CASE REPORT
Gerrit Prinsloo, K. Ahamad, M. Socías
2019Substance Abuse2 citations Open access
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Leaving Hospital Against Medical Advice After Methadone Discontinuation in the Intensive Care Unit: A Case Report
Samantha Young, K. Ahamad, N. Fairbairn
20181 citations
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Extended-release naltrexone feasibility in HIV clinics: A pilot study
Todd Korthuis, Paula J. Lum, Pamela Vergara-Rodriguez, K. Ahamad +8 more
20171 citations
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Implementation of a Naloxone Distribution Program in an Inpatient Addiction Service: A Case Study
Cheyenne Johnson, J. Buxton, Scott Harrison, K. Ahamad +5 more
20161 citations
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PHARMACOTHERAPY FOR ALCOHOL ADDICTION IN A PATIENT WITH ALCOHOLIC CIRRHOSIS AND MASSIVE UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL BLEED: A CASE STUDY
Samantha Young, E. Wood, K. Ahamad
2015Drug and Alcohol Review1 citations Open access
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Increasing Awareness about HIV Prevention among Young People Who Initiated Injection Drug Use in a Canadian Setting, 1988–2014
A. Bahji, E. Wood, K. Ahamad, Hui-Ru Dong +4 more
2015The International journal on drug policy1 citations Open access
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Modernizing Withdrawal Management Services
Victor Mocanu, N. Cowan, J. Klimas, K. Ahamad +1 more
2021Canadian Journal of Addiction0 citations Open access
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Des médicaments réduisant l’appétence pour l’alcool pour traiter les troubles de consommation d’alcool modérés à graves
Jon Mong, K. Ahamad, Paxton Bach
2021Canadian Medical Association Journal0 citations Open access
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F ACTORS A SSOCIATED WITH W ILLINGNESS T O P ARTICIPATE IN A P HARMACOLOGIC A DDICTION T REATMENT C LINICAL T
Sasha Uhlmann, M. Milloy, K. Ahamad, Paul +5 more
20170 citations
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Addressing unmet addiction need in an urban hospital
K. Ahamad, S. Nolan, E. Wood
20170 citations
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Inpatient Management Of A Patient Enrolled In An Injectable Opioid Study: A Case Report
Tyler Wilson, E. Wood, K. Ahamad
20160 citations
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The Challenge of Differentiating Delirium Tremens from Other Causes of Delirium in Hospitalized Patients: A Case Report & Review of the Challenge
J. Pedersen, E. Wood, K. Ahamad, M. Mclean
20150 citations
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Cocaine‐Associated Rhabdomyolysis in a Young, HIV‐Positive Male: A Case Report
A. Bahji, E. Wood, K. Ahamad
20140 citations
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